Fan Bi (範弼) | 24 Histories

Overview

Fan Bi was an official.

PeriodFive Dynasties

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Death

AD 926 to AD 930 天成
Execution
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 71, passage 49

Attested activity

AD 926 to AD 930 天成
Dated from the passage context · Old History of the Five Dynasties 71, passage 45

References in the histories

Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 71Volume 71 Book of Later Tang 47: Biographies 23: Ma Yu, Si Kongting, Cao Tingyin, Xiao Xifu, Yao Zongzhi, Jia Fu, Ma Gao, Luo Guan, Chun Yuyan, Zhang Ge, Xu Ji, Zhou Xuanbao · 4 passages

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時有孔目吏範弼者，為人剛愎，視廷隱蔑如也。 A chief clerk named Fan Bi, stubborn and overbearing, treated Tingyin with open contempt.

弼監軍廩，鬻空乏以取貲； Fan Bi oversaw the army granary and sold off empty storehouses for cash;

弼家人訴於執政，並下御史府劾之。 Bi's family appealed to the chief ministers, and both men were referred to the Censorate for prosecution.

弼雖伏法，廷隱以所奏不實，並流永州，續敕賜自盡，時人冤之。 Fan Bi was executed, but Tingyin was exiled to Yongzhou as well when his charges were ruled unfounded; a later edict ordered him to commit suicide, and contemporaries regarded it as a grave injustice.